The problem is--I openly said that I was remanded, and I should say that I'm the first person to say this publicly--people know and people are scared to talk because they are worried about their relatives back at home going missing and their houses being targeted and vandalized.
I also sit on the Durham police advisory committee. I was speaking to one of the officers, and the law in Canada's system is there. It's not that easy to charge somebody. Even if somebody comes and gives witness, it's not that possible to charge them. Unless the committee or somebody sits down with the RCMP or CSIS, I don't know what improvement can be done in the law that gives them more access to these types of charges. I spoke to the officers, and they told me the politicians don't listen to them; they decide themselves. That shows there is bad communication between the security officials and the politicians, because the last time a person came to Canada, everybody knew that he had come the previous year and some blunders were made. He was kept at the airport for six hours and he was questioned. He came here and he targeted the youth. When he went back to Malaysia, to what he called a third world country, he was immediately put on the next plane and sent out. When he returned to his own country, he was questioned by the home security.
So where are we going wrong? Even the border security allows somebody to come. The intelligence service or RCMP should have the power. If they feel this man is a danger to this country, he should be deported, but there are no provisions. When they heard that this man was in this country, they asked, “What can we do? We don't deal with the border security.” There is no communication or link between the border security and the RCMP. That has to be broken. I don't know how the politicians can help. You have to work with the security and get a good link. Only then can we achieve something.
For example, today, tomorrow, they are fundraising to help the people. Where is the money going? They are having events. Do they have an account where the money is collected, where the money is going? Every day they are doing fundraising. Where is the money going? Proper receipts are given. Nobody knows.